{{short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Marja Lubeck | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MP|size=100%}} | image = Marja Lubeck.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order = | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | prime_minister = | constituency_MP3 = Labour party list | term_start3 = 23 September 2017 | term_end3 = 14 October 2023 | parliament3 = New Zealand | predecessor3 = | office4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Labour | relations = | profession = Former Member of Parliament. Former Flight attendant and unionist | spouse = | alma_mater = | children = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Maria Josina Elisabeth''' "'''Marja'''" '''Lubeck'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://search.parliament.nz/en/pb/daily-progress-in-the-house/daily-progress-for-tuesday-7-november-2017/ | title=Daily progress for Tuesday, 7 November 2017 | publisher=New Zealand Parliament | access-date=5 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005740/https://search.parliament.nz/en/pb/daily-progress-in-the-house/daily-progress-for-tuesday-7-november-2017/ | archive-date=6 December 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 1965)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref> is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
==Early life and family== Lubeck was born in the Netherlands, the eldest child of Valentin "Tijn" and Nel Lubeck. Her father's family were Chinese–Indonesian; they moved to the Netherlands after being imprisoned in Japanese internment camps during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lubeck |first=Marja |date=2017-11-16 |title=Address in Reply |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20171116_059400000/lubeck-marja |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=New Zealand Parliament}}</ref> She immigrated from the Netherlands to New Zealand in 1989, and became an international flight attendant for Air New Zealand in 1996. She joined the Flight Attendant and Related Services Association (FARSA) as a delegate and was elected as president of FARSA in 2009, serving four terms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2017 |title=Marja Lubeck |url= http://www.labour.org.nz/marjalubeck |publisher=New Zealand Labour Party |access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.nzasianleaders.com/our-members/marja-lubeck | title=Marja Lubeck | Our Members}}</ref> She graduated with a law degree in 2014 after studying part-time as a foundation student of the Auckland University of Technology Law School. In February 2017, Lubeck was admitted to the bar as barrister and solicitor of the High Court.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marja Lubeck: Member of Parliament |url=http://www.nzasianleaders.com/our-members/marja-lubeck |website=New Zealand Asian Leaders |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074519/http://www.nzasianleaders.com/our-members/marja-lubeck |archive-date=20 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
During her time as president of FARSA she was involved in an operational merger arrangement with New Zealand's largest private sector union, E tū, resulting in the FARSA membership endorsing an amalgamation in November 2016. Lubeck served as the lead advocate in negotiations for the major airlines servicing the New Zealand market and was part of the High Performance Engagement (HPE) Leadership Team at Air New Zealand where organised labour and management engage in a consensus-based workplace democracy programme.<ref>{{cite news |author1=E Tu |title=Formal merger creates New Zealand's biggest aviation union |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1611/S00285/formal-merger-creates-new-zealands-biggest-aviation-union.htm |access-date=25 October 2020 |publisher=Scoop |date=21 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518193845/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1611/S00285/formal-merger-creates-new-zealands-biggest-aviation-union.htm |archive-date=18 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marja Lubeck |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/student-profiles/marja-lubeck |publisher=Auckland University of Technology |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812131807/https://www.aut.ac.nz/student-profiles/marja-lubeck |archive-date=12 August 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political career== {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |term=52nd |start={{NZ election link year|2017}} |end=2020 |list=32 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=List }} {{NZ parlbox |term=53rd |start={{NZ election link year|2020}} |end=2023 |list=34 |party=New Zealand Labour Party |electorate=List }} {{End}} Lubeck stood for Labour in the {{NZ electorate link|Rodney}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|2017}} and was placed 32 on Labour's party list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 August 2017 |title=Revised Labour Party List for the 2017 Election |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1708/S00314/revised-labour-party-list-for-the-2017-election.htm |publisher= Scoop.co.nz |access-date=2 September 2017}}</ref> Lubeck placed second in the electorate behind incumbent Mark Mitchell, but was elected as a list MP.<ref name="2017 election">{{cite web |title=Successful Candidates |url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017_preliminary/successful-candidates.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=30 September 2017 |date=23 September 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010054/http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017_preliminary/successful-candidates.html |archive-date=28 September 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In her first term, Lubeck was appointed to the education and workforce committee and the transport and industrial relations committee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lubeck, Marja - New Zealand Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/lubeck-marja/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=www.parliament.nz |language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, Lubeck sponsored a draft member's bill to ban conversion therapy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Labour MP lodges Members' Bill which would ban controversial 'conversion therapy'|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/labour-mp-lodges-members-bill-which-would-ban-controversial-conversion-therapy/7POOJHBPAXI4EE6AVFVRQIRG4E/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 November 2018 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Lubeck accepted a petition from Young Greens and Young Labour and worked closely with grassroots activist, Shaneel Lal in the movement to end conversion therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill — First Reading - New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/mi/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20210805_20210805_30|access-date=2021-12-05|website=www.parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref> Lubeck's bill was not selected to be debated in Parliament but a policy to ban conversion therapy was included in Labour's manifesto for the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coffey |first=Tāmati |date=2020-10-05 |title=Labour takes pride in Rainbow policies |url=https://www.labour.org.nz/release-labour-takes-pride-in-rainbow-policies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704003927/https://www.labour.org.nz/release-labour-takes-pride-in-rainbow-policies |archive-date=2022-07-04 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=NZ Labour Party |language=en}}</ref> When the party won the election it eventually passed the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022 which was based on Lubeck's bill.
During the 2020 New Zealand general election, Lubeck contested the new Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate but was defeated by Chris Penk by a final margin of 4,435 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaipara ki Mahurangi – Official Result |url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-18.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=9 November 2020 }}</ref> However, Lubeck was re-elected as a list MP.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 General Election and Referendums – Official Result Successful Candidates |url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/successful-candidates.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=9 November 2020 }}</ref> In her second term, she chaired the education and workforce committee.<ref name=":0" />
On 13 December 2022, Lubeck announced that she would not be contesting the 2023 New Zealand general election. In announcing her resignation, Lubeck stated that "it's a tough job... it's a lot of juggling to do." She also attribute her resignation to the health and travel strains associated with her job and a desire to spend more time with her family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Irra |title=Six Labour MPs including David Clark to retire at election |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/12/13/six-labour-mps-including-david-clark-to-retire-at-election/ |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=1News |date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213003527/https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/12/13/six-labour-mps-including-david-clark-to-retire-at-election/ |archive-date=13 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ensor |first1=Jamie |title=Labour MP retirements: Poto Williams, David Clark, Paul Eagle among those resigning |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/12/labour-mp-retirements-announcement-expected.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=Newshub |date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212221210/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/12/labour-mp-retirements-announcement-expected.html |archive-date=12 December 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lubeck |first1=Marka |title=Viewpoint- Goodbye, and thank you |url=https://www.localmatters.co.nz/opinion/viewpoint-goodbye-and-thank-you/ |website=Local Matters |access-date=3 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221150916/https://www.localmatters.co.nz/opinion/viewpoint-goodbye-and-thank-you/ |archive-date=21 February 2025 |date=28 August 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20171116_059400000/lubeck-marja Maiden speech in Parliament] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-g15gKnho Questions and Answers] on YouTube {{subject bar|auto=y|d=y|Politics|New Zealand}}
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